Despite having effectively zero market share right now, there is an opportunity for Googlebook to do something that basically nobody else could do, but can they do it?

I’ll state right up top that I’m already cautiously optimistic. We need a competitor player to Mac and, in particular, Windows. Microsoft, as of late, has been nothing but combative with the people who use the firm’s operating system every single day. A new player is needed. I’m still not fully convinced yet by Googlebooks, but there is an opportunity, a big opportunity that hinges on quite a few things falling into place.

Considering how many new products are released every year, it’s quite surprising how few operating systems are unveiled. I suppose there is a caveat that Android has existed for a long time, but there have been no true attempts to make it work as a “proper desktop” experience, save Samsung’s DeX system, which was an internal attempt to make it work with Galaxy phones and tablets.

DeX is a fine take on things, but it is limited by virtue of being an experience trying to emulate a desktop experience. Googlebook OS is Android reimagined for the desktop era.

I’m still not sure if this is too late or if there is enough interest. Google’s move comes at a very interesting time. Maybe its impending launch was the reason that Chrome OS has languished in recent years, having had lots of early promise and a surging user base, particularly in the education sector.

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